Woman turns wine interest into career

Cindy Kaster is president of Monterey Bay Wine Company and Vinvision Trucking

5:56 AM,
Dec. 9, 2013

Written by

Robert Walch
For The Salinas Californian

It isn't often that a person can turn a hobby into a successful career. But that's exactly what Cindy Kaster, the president of Monterey Bay Wine Company and Vinvision Trucking, has been able to do.

As a student at UCSC, Kaster became very interested in wine and began keeping notes on the vintages she sampled. Over time she became quite knowledgeable but her interest in wine remained a casual pursuit and something she did in her spare time.

That all changed, though, in 1982. That was the year that Joe Kimbro, the founder of the newly created Monterey Bay Wine Company, offered Kaster a sales ...